Genetic tagging free-ranging white-tailed deer using hair snares

Ohio Journal of Science, The, Sept, 2007 by Jerrold L. Belant, Thomas W. Seamans, David Paetkau

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JERROLD L. BELANT (1), THOMAS W. SEAMANS, AND DAVID PAETKAU, National Park Service, Pictured Rocks Science Center, Munising, MI; U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Wildlife Research Center, Sandusky, OH; and Wildlife Genetics International, Nelson, BC, Canada.

(1) Corresponding author: Jerrold L. Belant, National Park Service, Pictured Rocks Science Center, Box 40, Munising, MI 49862. Phone: 906-387-4818. Fax: 906-387-2029. Email: Jerry_Belant@nps.gov

Table 1

Locus name, allelic diversity (alleles/locus), expected heterozygosity
([H.sub.E]), observed heterozygosity ([H.sub.O]), and Genbank reference
for 12 microsatellite loci for white-tailed deer, Plum Brook Station,
Ohio, December 2004.

Locus           Alleles   [H.sub.E]   [H.sub.O]   Species of origin

Rt07              11        0.89        0.91      Rangifer tarandus
BL42               8        0.87        0.87      Bos taurus
Rt05               9        0.84        0.83      Rangifer tarandus
OhP                8        0.84        0.78      O. hemionus
OvA               10        0.83        0.91      O. virginianus
BM6506             9        0.80        0.70      Bos taurus
6-locus mean       9.2      0.84        0.83
Rt24               7        0.74        0.65      Rangifer tarandus
Rt13               7        0.71        0.70      Rangifer tarandus
OhD                8        0.71        0.70      O. hemionus
OhN                9        0.68        0.74      O. hemionus
BM4107             6        0.67        0.70      Bos Taurus
OvH                5        0.54        0.43      O. virginianus
12-locus mean      8.2      0.77        0.75

Locus           Genbank reference

Rt07            U90740
BL42            (a)
Rt05            U90738
OhP             AF102240
OvA             L35576
BM6506          G18455
6-locus mean
Rt24            U90746
Rt13            U90743
OhD             AF1022
OhN             AF102244
BM4107          G18519
OvH             L35583
12-locus mean

(a) Bishop et al. (1994)